Patents by Inventor Patrick Poon

Patrick Poon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100119006
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 7651229
    Abstract: A mirror assembly including a mirror, a base and a flexible neck connecting the mirror and the base such that the neck can be manually manipulated to adjust the position of the base and the mirror relative to each other. The mirror assembly further includes a light source located on or adjacent to the mirror, and a power-source receiving receptacle located in the base, wherein the power-source receptacle cavity is electrically coupled to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: HSN Improvements LLC
    Inventors: Peter D. Rimback, James F. Vidmar, Chi Wai Patrick Poon
  • Patent number: 7643568
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Publication number: 20080298339
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 7450542
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050180349
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050105630
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 6853629
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6853688
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 6807240
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Publication number: 20030156570
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20030133516
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively. employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 6560209
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6501803
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously, the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Publication number: 20020054650
    Abstract: Good transmission characteristics are achieved in the presence of fading with a transmitter that employs a trellis coder followed by a block coder. Correspondingly, the receiver comprises a Viterbi decoder followed by a block decoder. Advantageously the block coder and decoder employ time-space diversity coding which, illustratively, employs two transmitter antennas and one receiver antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Patrick Poon, Vahid Tarokh
  • Patent number: 5933421
    Abstract: The high quality PCS communications are enabled in environments where adjacent PCS service bands operate with out-of-band harmonics that would otherwise interfere with the system's operation. The highly bandwidth-efficient communications method combines a form of time division duplex (TDD), frequency division duplex (FDD), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), spatial diversity, and polarization diversity in various unique combinations. The method provides excellent fade resistance. The method enables changing a user's available bandwidth on demand by assigning additional TDMA slots during the user's session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services Inc.
    Inventors: Siavash Alamouti, Eduardo F. Casas, Michael Hirano, Elliott Hoole, Mary Jesse, David G. Michelson, Patrick Poon, Gregory J. Veintimilla, Hongliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 4716616
    Abstract: The squeegee device is for cleaning both flat and curved surfaces. It has a handle and a squeegee blade assembly mounted together by a rigid coupling bracket to form a rugged joint. The handle can be positioned in one of at least four positions relative to the blade assembly to facilitate either a push and pull cleaning operation or a side-by-side sweeping cleaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Inventor: Patrick Poon
  • Patent number: D459552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventor: Chi Wai Patrick Poon
  • Patent number: D563679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: HSN Improvements LLC
    Inventors: James F. Vidmar, Chi Wai Patrick Poon